The former Coloradan finished eighth Sunday in the Senior PGA Championship at Trump National Golf Club near Washington D.C., marking his second top-10 in as many appearances in the oldest major in senior golf. He placed third at the event last year.

In fact, of Jobe’s nine top-10s in his PGA Tour Champions career, four have now come in senior majors.

On Sunday, Jobe closed with a 1-under-par 71, giving him an 8-under 280 total for the week. After rounds of 69-71-69-71, he ended up 10 strokes behind champion Bernhard Langer.

The performance was worth $77,100 to Jobe, who lived in Colorado from 1970 to ’99.

Here are the scores for players with strong Colorado ties who competed in the Senior PGA:

8. Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Brandt Jobe 69-71-69-71–280″¨
55. Former Colorado resident Esteban Toledo 70-73-73-76–292″¨
Missed the 36-Hole Cut
“¨Gary Hallberg of Longmont 71-79–150″¨
Mike Northern of Colorado Springs 73-78–151
“¨Former Cherry Creek HS golfer Mike Reid 74-77–151
“¨Colorado Sports Hall of Famer Hale Irwin 76-82–158
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After two rounds of this year’s Senior PGA near Washington D.C., Jobe (pictured) shares 10th place. Rounds of 69-71 have left him at 4-under-par 140. When round 2 was suspended due to darkness on Friday night, Bernhard Langer led at 11 under par through 31 holes.

Jobe posted three top-five finishes in PGA Tour Champions majors in 2016.

(Updated May 27) Meanwhile, Mike Northern of Colorado Springs, who qualified for the Senior PGA by finishing fourth last year in the national Senior PGA Professional Championship, missed the 36-hole cut. Northern shot rounds of 73-78 for a 7-over-par 151 total. The top 72 players and ties advanced to the last two rounds, and Northern missed the mark by three shots.

Here are the scores for players with strong Colorado ties through 36 holes on Saturday morning:

Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Brandt Jobe 69-71–140
Former Colorado resident Esteban Toledo 70-73–143
Missed the 36-Hole Cut
Gary Hallberg of Longmont 71-79–150
Mike Northern of Colorado Springs 73-78–151
Former Cherry Creek HS golfer Mike Reid 74-77–151
Colorado Sports Hall of Famer Hale Irwin 76-82–158

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Northern (pictured) made four birdies, three bogeys and a double bogey in round 1 at Trump National Golf Club in Washington D.C. He’s tied for 86th place after day 1.

Northern was the runner-up in the Colorado PGA Professional Championship in September.

The weather didn’t allow everyone to complete the first round of the Senior PGA, but Bernhard Langer opened with a 65 to hold the lead.

As for tour players with strong Colorado ties competing in the event, former Colorado resident Esteban Toledo posted a 2-under-par 70, good for a share of 15th place. Gary Hallberg of Longmont stands at 1 under par through six holes and Colorado Golf Hall of Famer Brandt Jobe is 1 under through 15. Colorado Sports Hall of Famer Hale Irwin is 2 over through 11 and former Cherry Creek High School golfer Mike Reid is 2 over through eight.

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A year after Steve Jones pulled off the feat by placing ninth for his first Champions top-10 of his career, Brandt Jobe tied for third Sunday in the Senior PGA in Benton Harbor, Mich.

It marked Jobe’s best showing on either the PGA Tour or the PGA Tour Champions since he placed second at the Memorial five years ago.

Jobe, who lived in Colorado for about 20 years before moving to Texas, could have finished even higher if not for a triple bogey on the par-3 17th hole in Saturday’s third round.

For the week, Jobe shot rounds of 67-67-69-68 for a 13-under-par 271 total. He ended up six strokes behind champion Rocco Mediate. Jobe finished with an eagle and 22 birdies over the four rounds at Benton Shores. He earned $161,000 and moved up to 28th on the 2016 Champions money list.

Jobe, who turned 50 on Aug. 1, has now recorded two top-10 finishes on the Champions circuit, having placed sixth in the Chubb Classic. He won the Champions qualifying tournament in the fall and placed 17th last week in the Regions Tradition, which, like the Senior PGA, is a senior major.

Jobe won the Colorado Open in 1992 and five major CGA championships during the 1980s (three Match Plays, one Stroke Play, one Junior Match Play and one Junior Stroke Play).

He has four runner-up finishes on the PGA Tour to his credit.
 

Colorado last hosted a USGA championship in 2012 when the U.S. Amateur paid a visit, but there are now two national events on the horizon.

Less than three months after the USGA announced that The Broadmoor will be hosting the U.S. Senior Open in 2018, the association on Thursday revealed its plans for the 2019 U.S. Mid-Amateur to come to Colorado Golf Club in Parker, with CommonGround Golf Course in Aurora serving as the second stroke-play course for the tournament.

The dates are set for Sept. 21-26, 2019, with two rounds of stroke play preceding 64 players advancing to match play.

“The USGA is pleased to bring a championship to Colorado Golf Club (pictured) for the first time,” said Diana Murphy, who is set to become the president of the USGA in February. “The course has a proven record in both stroke-play and match-play competition, and the variety of risk-reward options will allow for exciting and dramatic play, helping to identify a champion worthy of hoisting the Robert T. Jones Jr. Memorial Trophy.”

It will mark just the second time the U.S. Mid-Am — a championship for players 25 and older — will be contested in Colorado. The 1983 Mid-Am was held at Cherry Hills Country Club, with Jay Sigel winning one of his five USGA titles, this one coming just a month after capturing the U.S. Amateur championship.

Overall, it will be the 33rd USGA championship played in Colorado, with the first being the 1938 U.S. Open at Cherry Hills.

Colorado Golf Club, designed by Bill Coore and two-time Masters champion Ben Crenshaw, has hosted the 2010 Senior PGA Championship (won by Tom Lehman) and the 2013 Solheim Cup (where Europe defeated the U.S.) in its first decade of existence, but this will be its first USGA national championship for the club that opened in 2007. However, Colorado GC has hosted numerous USGA qualifiers over the years, including U.S. Open Local Qualifying in 2009.

“We’ve always wanted to work with the USGA, so this is really exciting,” Graham Cliff, head professional at Colorado Golf Club, said on Thursday. “From Day 1 we’ve wanted to give back to amateur golf. For guys that don’t turn pro, this is a huge event. And it fits in with our mission to give back to the game.” 

CommonGround (left), which is owned and operated by the CGA, served as the second stroke-play course for the 2012 U.S. Amateur that Cherry Hills hosted. Designed by Tom Doak, CommonGround opened in 2009.

“If you told me in 2009 that in the first decade of the golf course that it would play a significant role in two (USGA) championships, I’d have said we’re hitting it out of the park,” said Ed Mate, executive director of the CGA. “But it’s one of the main reasons we did what we did in hiring a (big-league) architect who designs a course worthy of them.”

After the USGA progressed in discussions with Colorado Golf Club officials about hosting the Mid-Am, USGA director of regional affairs Mark Passey called representatives of CommonGround to see if they were interested in being the companion course.

The USGA said, “We’d love your golf course (to co-host the stroke-play rounds),” Mate relayed. “They said your golf course complements Colorado Golf Club really well. It all just made sense.”

The U.S. Mid-Amateur dates back to 1981. Coloradan Bill Loeffler captured the championship in 1986 in Madison, Miss. Traditionally, the U.S. Mid-Am champion receives an invitation to the following year’s Masters.

With the 2019 U.S. Mid-Am, Colorado will add to the extensive and diverse list of significant golf championships it has hosted — or is scheduled to host — since The International PGA Tour event ended its 21-year run after the 2006 tournament.

That list includes:

— The 2008 U.S. Senior Open at The Broadmoor
— The 2008 U.S. Amateur Public Links at Murphy Creek
— The 2009 Palmer Cup at Cherry Hills
— The 2010 Senior PGA Championship at Colorado Golf Club
— The 2010 Trans-Mississippi at Denver Country Club
— The 2011 U.S. Women’s Open at The Broadmoor
— The 2012 U.S. Amateur at Cherry Hills and CommonGround
— The 2013 Solheim Cup at Colorado Golf Club
— The 2014 BMW Championship at Cherry Hills
— The 2018 U.S. Senior Open at The Broadmoor
— The 2019 U.S. Mid-Amateur at Colorado Golf Club and CommonGround.